We stare in awe and wonder at the billions of twinkling lights, using all our focus to preserve the memory of each one. An impossible task, but we accept the challenge; we live for the challenge.~Roxanne
Really. I mean, we've had weekends with a sunny day here and there, but this was our first weekend that was sunny from Friday through Sunday. Yeah! We deserve some good weather after waiting this long.
The kids and I on Rattlesnake Ledge trail, before realizing we were in over our head. I ended up turning around and heading down to the water with the girls, while the boys finished the 1.9mile steep hike up (and then down!).
While hiking, Reagan said, "are we going to hiking?" Me: "we are hiking, Rea." Rea: ??
The view from the top. Apparantly, it was pretty treacherous. We may not do this one again with the kids.
The boys made it! Ryan would have come, but he had injured his leg at school the prior Thursday, so he was at home recovering. This hike is more suitable for Matthew's age and up. August had a hard time getting down the hill. He missed his footing a couple times, which was scary considering they were on a ledge going down. I told Mike not to tell me such things!
It was a very crowded day on the trails, as you can see by all the people up on the ledge.
The girls and I greeted the boys at the bottom. I took this picture just after they arrived safely back down. Looking at this now, I can see the worry that would soon set in for August later that evening. He was concerned about the fact that he almost slid down a hill when he slipped way up on the mountain. I was proud of them!
Enjoying some time by the lake post hike.
The kids enjoying skipping rocks!
See the ledge? That is what the boys all hiked up to. Yikes!!
BEAUTIFUL.
After mulling around several ideas of what to do with our baseball-free Saturday (zoo? Mariners Game? hang around the house?) we finally decided to try exploring a hiking trail and lake nearby that we had never been to. We headed to Rattlesnake Lake and were aiming at hiking up to the ledge. The boys succeeded, but it became obvious a ways in that the two girls just weren't going to make it. I decided to take them back down, where we would wait by the lake for the boys to complete the hike. They really wanted to, especially Matthew, so we didn't want them to have to quit just because the girls weren't ready to hike it.
The girls loved playing by the water, and in the water. Alyssa found a cool rock she thought reminded her of a mermaid rock just off shore, so she waded out there and played mermaid on and around it. Reagan thought playing in the water was fun, and we stayed like that for a bit over an hour before the boys came back down.
After we had all had our fill of hiking and the lake, it was unanimous that we were ready for dinner, so we headed over to Ana's Mexican food and ate out on the patio. It was a GREAT day!
Oh, and today, the boys and I ended up going to see Pirates Of the Carribbean in 3-D. Another great movie in the line-up! We loaded up on all the movie goodies and got to enjoy 2+ hours of pirates and cool scenes.
